Car-step.



L. YEAGER, JR.

OAR STEP APPLIOATION FILED AUG.21,190-B.

Patented Apr. 20, 1909.

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Llayd trating the application of my improved car lower tread UNITED srnrts ltATENT oFFIoE.

LLOYD YEAGER, JR, OF CATAWISSA;PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-STEP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apri120, 1909 Application filed August 21, 1908. Serial No.449,649.

To all whom it may concern: k

Be it known that I, LLOYD YEAGER, Jr, a i citizen of the United States,residing at Catawissa, in the county of Columbia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in CarSteps, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in car steps, and its primaryobject is the provision of a simple, durable and eflicient device ofthis character which is especially designed for use on freight cars,cabooses, engines and engine tenders, the invention com prehending a carstep which can be manufactured at a low cost, and which can be readilyand quickly secured in applied position.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fullydescribed, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings,wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation, illusstep to one end of a freightcar. Fig. 2 1s a perspective view of a modified form of the car step.Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation thereof. Fig. 4 is a view in sideelevation illustrating a slightly modified construction in the sides ofthe car step. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of. another modifiedconstruction of the car step. Fig. 6 is a view in front elevation of afurther modified construction of the car step. Fig. 7 is a sectionalview taken on a plane extending centrally and vertically through the carstep illustrated in Fig. 6, and Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a stillfurther modified construction of the car step.

Referring to the drawings by reference numerals, 1 designates the sides,2 the lower tread, 3 the upper tread, and 4 the attaching element of myimproved car step, the sides, and attaching element being preferablyformed integrally. The sides 1 are increased laterally at 1 to permitthe lower tread to be made larger than the upper tread, whereby tofacilitate the mounting of the step while the car is in motion. Thelower tread is provided with openings, to receive elements by which asuitable non-slipping surface 5 is secured to the tread. The attachingelement 4 is provided with openings 6 through which passes the elementsby which the step is secured in applied position.

1 The upper tread 3 projects in advance of the lower tread and may besecured to a support which consists of a plate 7 extending from one sideof the car step to the other and preferably formed integrally therewith,as fully disclosed in Fig. 2 of the drawings. 7

The lower tread 2 and the anti-slipping surface 5, are formed toprovideopenings 5 which prevents the accumulation of water on the tread.This tread 2 may be secured to supports which consist of flanges 8extending inwardly from and formed integrally with the sides 1 of thestep, or it may be securedto supports which consist of angle irons 9which are secured to the inner surfaces of the sides 1, as fullydisclosed in Figs. 5 and 6, respectively. It will be seen from thesefigures of the drawings, that the lower tread must project in advance ofthe upper tread. The step also comprises a back 10 which is providedwith'openings 11 and 12, and which is preferably formed integrally withthe sides 1, the lower tread 2 and the attaching element 1. The openings11 and 12 are respectively arranged above the treads 2 and 3 to permitany snow which might have accumulated on the treads to be dischargedtherefrom in the mounting of the step. The sides 1 of the step may haveany edge configuration, such configuration being disclosed in Figs. 3and 4 of the drawings.

By reference to Fig. 1 of the drawings, it

.will be noted that the lower portions of the sides of the step may becurved laterally in the same direction to dispose the lower tread 2 at asafe distance from the rear wheels of the freight car.

In Fig. 8 of the drawings, I have disclosed a step which comprises sides13, tread 14, attaching element and a back 16, all formed integrally.The sides 13 are enlarged laterally adjacent the tread 14 to facilitatethe mounting of the step, and the back 16 is provided with an opening 17to permit the snow accumulating on the tread to be ejected therefromduring the mounting of the'step. Thetread 14 is provided with openings18 to permit the passage of elements adapted to secure a non-slippingsurface to the tread. The member 15 is provided with openings 19 topermit the passage of means adapted to secure the step in appliedposition.

It should be apparent from the above description, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, that I provide a car step which issimple. durable and efficient,

which may be manufactured and sold at a Y comparatively low cost andwhich is admirably adapted for the purpose for which it is intended.

Changes in the form, proportions and minor details of construction maybe made within the scope of the claims without departing from the spiritor sacrificing any of i the advantages of the invention.

Having fully described and illustrated my invention, what I claim is:

1. A car step comprising sides, a lower tread formed integrally with thesides, an at- 5 taching element formed integrally with the sides,supports carried by the sides, an up )er tread secured to the supports,and a back 1 formed integrally with the sides, lower tread and attachingelement, said back being provided with openings respectively locatedabove the lower and upper treads.

2. A car step comprising sides, a tread formed integrally with thesides, an attaching element formed integrally with the sides, and a backformed integrally with the sides and tread and attaching element, theback being provided with an opening located above the tread.

3. A car step comprising sides, a lower l tread 'lormed integrally withthe sides, an attaching element i'orined integrally with the sides, anupper tread secured to the sides between the lower tread and theattaching element, and a back formed integrally with the treads andsides and attaching element, said back being orovided with openingsrespectively, located above the treads.

4. A car step comprising sides, a lower tread formed integrally with thesides, and an upper tread carried by the sides, the sides being curvedlaterally in the same direction below the upper tread.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LLOYD YEAGEH, JR.

Vi itnesses:

L. W. WINTERSTEEN, M. H. YEAGER.

